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{{Infobox Single |
{{Infobox song
| Name = Love Glove
| name = Love Glove
| Cover = Vis_Love_Glove_cover.jpg
| cover = Vis_Love_Glove_cover.jpg
| Artist = [[Visage]]
| alt =
| B-side = "She's a Machine"
| type = single
| Released = [[August 17]] [[1984]]
| artist = [[Visage (band)|Visage]]
| Format = 7" single, 12" single
| album = [[Beat Boy]]
| Recorded = Trident Studios, 1983
| B-side = She's a Machine
| released = 17 August 1984
| Genre = [[Synthpop]]
| recorded = [[Trident Studios]], 1983
| Length = 04:00 (Single edit)
| studio =
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| Label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| venue =
| Writer = [[Steve Strange|S. Strange]]/[[Rusty Egan|R. Egan]]/S. Barnacle
| Producer = [[Visage]]
| genre = *[[Synth-pop]]
*[[New wave music|new wave]]
| Chart position = * #54 <small>(UK)</small>
| length = 4:00
| Last single = "'''[[Pleasure Boys (EP)|Pleasure Boys]]'''"<br/>(1982)
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| label = [[Polydor Records]]
| This single = "'''Love Glove'''"<br/>(1984)
| Next single = "[[Beat Boy (EP)|Beat Boy]]"<br/>(1984)
| writer = [[Steve Strange]], [[Rusty Egan]], Steve Barnacle
| producer = Visage
| prev_title = [[Pleasure Boys]]
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = [[Beat Boy (song)|Beat Boy]]
| next_year = 1984
}}
}}
"'''Love Glove'''" is a song by the British [[synth-pop]] group [[Visage (band)|Visage]], released as a single on [[Polydor Records]] in August 1984. It was the first single to be released from Visage's third album, ''[[Beat Boy]]'', and peaked at #54 on the UK Singles Chart.


==Music video==
'''Love Glove''' is the eighth single by the British [[New Romantic]] group [[Visage]], released on [[Polydor Records]] in [[August]], [[1984]].
Two music videos for "Love Glove" exist. One version is the clip shot in Egypt by Jean-Claude Luyat, as a part of a full-length video incorporating songs from ''The Anvil'' and ''Beat Boy''. It features [[Egyptian pyramids]] and [[Steve Strange]] riding a camel across the desert as well as singing on a yacht.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ibktd1G5lY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/9ibktd1G5lY |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Visage - Love Glove |work=www.youtube.com |accessdate=2012-10-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This version was later included on the ''[[Visage (video)|Visage]]'' video album in 1985.


Another version was shot by [[Nick Morris]] in [[London Docklands|London's Docklands]] in August 1984. In this version, Steve Strange appears in his ''Beat Boy'' album cover make up.<ref>{{cite book |title=Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange |last=Strange |first=Steve |author-link=Steve Strange |year=2002 |publisher=[[Orion Publishing Group]] |location=London |isbn=0-75284-936-0 |pages=116–117}}</ref>
It was the first single to be released from Visage's third and final album [[Beat Boy]], and would become the band's penultimate single ever. Both Love Glove and it's mostly-instrumental b-side, "She's a Machine", can be found in digital format on ''[[The Damned Don't Cry (Visage compilation)|The Damned Don't Cry]]'' compilation in the absence of a CD version of the ''Beat Boy'' album.


The cover art for the single features Steve Strange posing with two models, one of whom is [[Yasmin Le Bon]].<ref>[http://www.yasminlebon.net/editorials/early_loveglove.html Yasmin le Bon (Official site)]</ref>
==Track listing==


===7" version:===
==Track listings==
* '''7" single (1984)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Visage-Love-Glove/release/102496 |title=Visage - Love Glove (Vinyl) at Discogs |work=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>
# "Love Glove" [single edit] – 4:00
# "She's a Machine" – 4:50
:A. "Love Glove" – 4:00
:B. "She's a Machine" – 4:50


* '''12" single (1984)'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Visage-Love-Glove/release/56764 |title=Visage - Love Glove (Vinyl) at Discogs |work=www.discogs.com |accessdate=2012-10-08}}</ref>
===12" version:===
# "Love Glove (Full Version)" – 6:38
:A. "Love Glove" (Long Version) – 6:38
# "Love Glove (Instrumental)" – 3:24
:B1. "Love Glove" (Instrumental) – 3:24
# "She's a Machine" – 4:50
:B2. "She's a Machine" – 4:50


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Steve Strange]] (vocals)
*[[Steve Strange]] — vocals
*[[Rusty Egan]] (drums, electronic drums programming)
*[[Rusty Egan]] — drums, electronic drums programming
*Steve Barnacle (bass, synthesizer)
*Steve Barnacle — bass, synthesizer
*Andy Barnett (guitar)
*Andy Barnett — guitar
*[[Gary Barnacle]] - saxophone
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*Marsha Raven (backing vocals)
*Karen Ramsey (backing vocals)
*Marsha Raven — backing vocals
*Rose Patterson (backing vocals)
*Karen Ramsey — backing vocals
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*Rose Patterson — backing vocals


==Chart performance==
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!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart|United Kingdom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Love+Glove|title=The Official Charts Company - Love Glove by Visage Search |date=6 May 2013|publisher=The Official Charts Company}}</ref>
|align="center"|54
|-
|}

==References==
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 5 December 2023

"Love Glove"
Single by Visage
from the album Beat Boy
B-side"She's a Machine"
Released17 August 1984
RecordedTrident Studios, 1983
Genre
Length4:00
LabelPolydor Records
Songwriter(s)Steve Strange, Rusty Egan, Steve Barnacle
Producer(s)Visage
Visage singles chronology
"Pleasure Boys"
(1982) 		"Love Glove"
(1984) 		"Beat Boy"
(1984)

"Love Glove" is a song by the British synth-pop group Visage, released as a single on Polydor Records in August 1984. It was the first single to be released from Visage's third album, Beat Boy, and peaked at #54 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

[edit]

Two music videos for "Love Glove" exist. One version is the clip shot in Egypt by Jean-Claude Luyat, as a part of a full-length video incorporating songs from The Anvil and Beat Boy. It features Egyptian pyramids and Steve Strange riding a camel across the desert as well as singing on a yacht.[1] This version was later included on the Visage video album in 1985.

Another version was shot by Nick Morris in London's Docklands in August 1984. In this version, Steve Strange appears in his Beat Boy album cover make up.[2]

The cover art for the single features Steve Strange posing with two models, one of whom is Yasmin Le Bon.[3]

Track listings

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  • 7" single (1984)[4]
A. "Love Glove" – 4:00
B. "She's a Machine" – 4:50
  • 12" single (1984)[5]
A. "Love Glove" (Long Version) – 6:38
B1. "Love Glove" (Instrumental) – 3:24
B2. "She's a Machine" – 4:50

Personnel

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  • Steve Strange — vocals
  • Rusty Egan — drums, electronic drums programming
  • Steve Barnacle — bass, synthesizer
  • Andy Barnett — guitar
  • Gary Barnacle - saxophone
  • Marsha Raven — backing vocals
  • Karen Ramsey — backing vocals
  • Rose Patterson — backing vocals

Chart performance

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Chart Peak
position
United Kingdom[6] 54

References

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  1. ^ "Visage - Love Glove". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  2. ^ Strange, Steve (2002). Blitzed! The Autobiography of Steve Strange. London: Orion Publishing Group. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0-75284-936-0.
  3. ^ Yasmin le Bon (Official site)
  4. ^ "Visage - Love Glove (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  5. ^ "Visage - Love Glove (Vinyl) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
  6. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Love Glove by Visage Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
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